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A truth wearing a costume it bought to fool you.

means A deliberately false statement made by someone who knows better and says it anyway.

from From Old English leogan, to deceivea verb so old people were faking it before they could write it down.

Detection mythHumans spot lies barely above chance, near 54%.
Two kindsEnglish distinguishes lie (deceive) from lie (recline).
Body tellPupils often dilate during the cognitive effort of lying.
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